Example sentences of "he [vb mod] take a " in BNC.

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1 He ought to take a riding-whip to that wife of his and then bed her over and over again until she 's with child . "
2 The Briton may take a dekko , north India 's ‘ Look ! ’ ( just as , from British rule in Egypt , he may take a shufti — though one who takes a butchers has gone no further east than Bow bells and the cockney rhyming slang of a butcher 's 'ook ) .
3 Perhaps disgusted with the business , Owens retreated and wondered if he should take a day job .
4 He should take a very good look at it and , even more important , handle it .
5 Rufus , however , suggested he should take a look , just to be on the safe side .
6 Blake said to his companion that he should take a last look at the hole in time , and their escape .
7 He must take a servant with him , naturally — they knew how to get rid of the beggars .
8 He must take a Waaagh Test just like any other Goblin shaman , but he automatically adds +1 to his dice roll on the ‘ Eadbangerz Chart .
9 He must take a grip on himself .
10 He must take an oath of fealty and liege homage to his suzerain , the king of France , for it .
11 He 'll take a positive interest in helping Ron Cally get a contract from Krite 's .
12 And he 's so desperate to get out he 'll take a twenty thousand pound a year pay cut .
13 And he 's so desperate to get out he 'll take a twenty thousand pound a year pay cut .
14 oh I tell ya , I got there , I buy a couple , Sally buys 'em because I , I give 'em tapes , I do n't ask him , but he 's one of these blokes unless he buys you one he 'll take a funny
15 He tells Dixie that he 'll take an ounce .
16 But if the Martian truly were a little Green man , he might take a different view .
17 He wondered if he might take a walk before the others were up .
18 And he might take a personal dislike to one of nurses .
19 The originator of the tapes has clearly decided to make his tape deck pay for itself ( although I think he could take a few hints on how to eliminate unwanted hum and noise ) and the result can only be described as a rip off .
20 When Defoe wrote about the world outside Europe for an early eighteenth-century audience , he could take a much more realistic approach .
21 He gestured for her to move aside so he could take a closer look at the microphone .
22 He turned , but before he could take a step the door opened and Horatia was there .
23 He could take a fair guess how much the Prince of Wales had enjoyed the evening .
24 well the slight adjustment so to get it , get it right , that 's what you 're paid for and he 's , that 's where he was , that 's where he was brought up in the trade , and he could take a piece of cloth in his hands , he had rolls of cloth , and he said that was made such a way , the quality of this cloth is because and that
25 Yet he could take an Alpine stage and finish high in the mountains classification .
26 Alain was fascinated by the scheme and when at last it became a reality , he asked if he could take an active part .
27 The children surged dogwards , with mingled shrieks of condolence and joy , only to be hurled back by my even higher-decibel commands not to venture o'er the noisome swamp , which I gallantly traversed to unwind the stupid restrainer from the poor dog 's jaws , wondering the while if he 'd take a justified revenge on the human race by biting me ; which he did n't .
28 When it got really bad , like when it cut out completely , he 'd take a wrench out and tap all the way along the pipe ; sometimes that would help , but having to do it could be a real pain .
29 They did , I mean the docker at that time of day he 'd take a gallon o beer into work with him .
30 Stubbly would never need thirty pieces of silver ; he 'd take a cheque .
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